13:50 Sligo

Sunday 13 July 2025

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Durkin Bros. Electrical Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 13:50 | Winning time: 4m 1.2s

Killeaney Bear^t³⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Cian Quirke| T: A Slattery

5/6

Fairly useful winner on the Flat. 13/2, fifth of 18 in handicap at Leopardstown (9f, good) 38 days ago. Runner-up on sole start in this sphere in a 16-runner maiden at Cork (17.3f, good) in May. Solid claims.

Form: 2

Tatateo^t¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: D King| T: D Hogan

7/2

Fairly useful Flat winner. Excellent third of 14 on last hurdle run at Punchestown (16.6f, good). Will take the beating.

Form: 03

Tribal Moon^p,t²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: J J Slevin| T: Daniel Murphy

10/1

12/1, last of 13 in handicap at Ballinrobe (9.7f, good to soft) 20 days ago. Both wins on the Flat gained on the AW and he's opposable starting out in this sphere.

Form:

Barrow Ranger³⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: P Hanlon⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon

12/1

Twice-raced maiden. Seventh of 18 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16.9f, good to soft, 14/1) 37 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 5P3-7

Buckle And Bolts³²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: J G Gilligan⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Gilligan

33/1

Fair maiden on the Flat. Eleventh of 12 in claimer at Limerick (11.5f, good, 11/1) 32 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Ms Sheila Lavery and readily passed over on this hurdles debut

Form:

Gangster Walk⁹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁵⁾| T: D Hogan

33/1

€8,000 3-y-o, Getaway gelding. Dam unraced sister to top-class hurdler (winner around 2m) Darlan. Third of 9 on sole completed start in points. Probably best watched on Rules debut.

Form: U3-

Highland Prince³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: R Deegan| T: L P Cusack

250/1

Once-raced maiden. Pulled up in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16.6f, good, 100/1) on NH debut 35 days ago.

Form: P

Le Roi Arthur⁵⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Kieren Buckley| T: E Buckley

20/1

€6,000 3-y-o, €12,000 4-y-o, Crystal Ocean gelding. Dam unraced sister to useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 3m) Robin de Carlow. Little impact both starts between the flags.

Form: P-4

Boston Queen³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: K C Sexton| T: G Elliott

40/1

Once-raced maiden. Ninth of 14 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16.6f, good, 9/1) on NH debut 35 days ago. Will need to take a big step forward if she's to make an impact.

Form: 9

Crystabel²⁵⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: Danny Mullins| T: J P Ryan

15/2

Twice-raced maiden. 11/4, seventh of 11 in bumper at Stratford (16.3f, good to soft) when last seen 8 months ago. Went close at Huntingdon prior to that and she's of interest switched to hurdles for new yard.

Form: 27-

Eponine Etoile^p,t1⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: Eoghan Finegan⁽⁷⁾| T: Ciaran Murphy

66/1

Once-raced maiden. 150/1, eighth of 16 in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (20f, good to soft) on NH debut 42 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time, cheekpieces on for 1st time in this code.

Form: 8

Georginas Jet³³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: Danny Gilligan| T: P J Gilligan

18/1

Thrice-raced maiden under Rules. 11/1, ran out in novice hurdle at this course (17.7f, good) 33 days ago. Easy enough to look elsewhere.

Form: 87R

Sugar In My Tea³³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: Phillip Enright| T: P J Gilligan

80/1

Once-raced maiden. 80/1, eleventh of 15 in bumper at this course (18.4f, good) on NH debut 33 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. First run for yard after leaving John Joseph Hanlon.

Form: 0

Non-Runners

Coolboy Christy⁶

Weight: 10-13| Age: 4

T: P J Rothwell J: Tiernan Power Roche

Forecasts

Killeaney Bear (5/6), Tatateo (7/2), Crystabel (15/2), Tribal Moon (10/1), Barrow Ranger (12/1), Georginas Jet (18/1), Le Roi Arthur (20/1), Coolboy Christy (25/1), Buckle And Bolts (33/1), Gangster Walk (33/1), Boston Queen (40/1), Eponine Etoile (66/1), Sugar In My Tea (80/1), Highland Prince (250/1)

This looks ripe for TATATEO, who left his hurdles debut form well behind when third at Punchestown last month and he wasn't seen to best effect on the Flat recently. The one most likely to pose a threat is Killeaney Bear, given the promise he showed on debut in this sphere at Cork. Crystabel was runner-up on the first of her two starts in bumpers for Andrew Balding and she is interesting on hurdles debut for new connections.